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Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE)
Abstract
The principal objective of this study is to examine the needs of secondary school teachers in terms of digital teaching skills in distance education (DTSDE), with a particular focus on teacher and student perspectives. We carried out this phenomenological study with 12 secondary school teachers and 12 secondary school students, selected using maximum variation sampling, in Istanbul in the 2023-2024 academic year. While teachers were recruited for semi-structured interviews, we held focus group interviews with students. We used the descriptive analysis technique and expressed the findings as codes, categories, and themes. Given the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu), codes elicited from participants were clustered under the following categories: professional participation, digital resources, teaching-learning processes, measurement-evaluation, student empowerment, and supporting/enhancing students’ digital competencies. These categories were then combined under the theme of DTSDE. According to the research results, it was seen that teachers and students expressed many opinions regarding the DTSDE needs of secondary school teachers. Upon examination of the data from the perspective of the participants, it becomes evident that a number of key codes emerge, including the view that secondary school teachers should receive in-service training for DTSDE and have the ability to select, create, and edit digital teaching content, to engage in practical activities, to facilitate student-teacher communication, to adopt robust time management skills, to adjust their tone of voice, and to prepare valid and reliable exams. We believe that our findings will considerably inform the further research and policy agendas of relevant stakeholders.
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Primary Language
English
Subjects
Teacher Education and Professional Development of Educators
Journal Section
Research Article
Publication Date
August 26, 2025
Submission Date
October 16, 2024
Acceptance Date
March 18, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 38 Number: 2
APA
Gürültü, E., Kenan, S., & Eminoğlu Küçüktepe, S. (2025). Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE). Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, 38(2), 349-371. https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.1568432
AMA
1.Gürültü E, Kenan S, Eminoğlu Küçüktepe S. Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE). Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education. 2025;38(2):349-371. doi:10.19171/uefad.1568432
Chicago
Gürültü, Ercan, Seyf Kenan, and Seval Eminoğlu Küçüktepe. 2025. “Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE)”. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education 38 (2): 349-71. https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.1568432.
EndNote
Gürültü E, Kenan S, Eminoğlu Küçüktepe S (August 1, 2025) Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE). Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education 38 2 349–371.
IEEE
[1]E. Gürültü, S. Kenan, and S. Eminoğlu Küçüktepe, “Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE)”, Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 349–371, Aug. 2025, doi: 10.19171/uefad.1568432.
ISNAD
Gürültü, Ercan - Kenan, Seyf - Eminoğlu Küçüktepe, Seval. “Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE)”. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education 38/2 (August 1, 2025): 349-371. https://doi.org/10.19171/uefad.1568432.
JAMA
1.Gürültü E, Kenan S, Eminoğlu Küçüktepe S. Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE). Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education. 2025;38:349–371.
MLA
Gürültü, Ercan, et al. “Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE)”. Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education, vol. 38, no. 2, Aug. 2025, pp. 349-71, doi:10.19171/uefad.1568432.
Vancouver
1.Ercan Gürültü, Seyf Kenan, Seval Eminoğlu Küçüktepe. Exploring Teacher and Student Perspectives on Secondary School Teachers’ Digital Teaching Skills in Distance Education (DTSDE). Journal of Uludag University Faculty of Education. 2025 Aug. 1;38(2):349-71. doi:10.19171/uefad.1568432